Mothproof bag



B. BERNSTEIN MOTHPROOF lBAG July 24, 1923. 1,463,002

Filed Dec. l20, 1922 figg/,2. l

Patented .luly 24, Tri..."

BARNET IBERNSTEIN, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOTHPROOF BAG.

Application led December 20, 1922. Serial No. 608,004.

To alljwhom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I. BARNET BERNSTEIN, of Gloucester, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the' United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mothproof Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a bag for protecting garments from moths, the effects of dust, etc., and seeks to provide a bag of inexpensive construction which' will completely envelop the garment to be protected but to which access may be readily had when a garment is to be inserted or removed.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bag embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail section on the line`2-2 of Figure 1.

The bag consists of a back and a. front united through the entire extent of their edges to form a close seam or joint except at the center of their top edges where a small opening is left to snugly receive the shank of a suspending hook 1 carrying a garment hanger of any approved design over which the arment may be engaged and which will t within the top of the bag. The front of the bag is composed of two members 2 and 3 havin overlapping edges. The edge of the memer 2 is doubled. on itself, as shown at 4, to form an outer iap and from the base 5 of this flap is extended outward and doubled upon itself to form an inner wider flap 6, the inner or basal margins of both flaps being securely joined to the main body of the member by stitching, as indicated at 7. The edge of the member 3 is doubled on itself, as at 8, to form. a facing or reenforcement having its margin united to the main portion of the member yby stitch ing 9. The facing 8 is adapted to lit between the aps 4 and 6 and the flaps are permanently joined at their upper and lower margins for a portion 'of their length by stitchin l0. Between the secured end portions o the flaps, button holes or similar openings 1'1 are formed at intervals in the faced edge portions of the member 3 and fastening devlces 12 are carried by the Haps 4 and 6 to engage through said openings and hold the flaps in closed relation. These fastening devices may be of suitable form but preferably will be of the stud and socket type, the stud members being carried by the inner -lap 6 and held therein by clamping flanges 13 while the socket members are carried by the outer flap 4 and are held therein by clamping anges 14. The outer flange 14 may be fashioned into a disk or head and ornamented.

On the inner sides lof the members 2 and.

3 and on a transverse line just below the upper stitching 10, are pockets 15 in which moth balls may be placed. As the pockets are on the inside of the bag they retain the moth balls and render unnecessary extraneous fastening devices to prevent loss thereof.

The bag may be of any material and l prefer some inexpensive textile fabric as the bag may be very easily produced therefrom. To insert or remove a garment, the fasteners 12 are opened to permit the flap 3 to be withdrawn from between the Haps 4 and 6 so that the front of the bag will be opened suiiciently to permita garment to be moved therethrough. When the bag is closed, the seam o r joint will be suiciently tight to prevent the passing of dust or insects and the front of the bag will lie smooth and be free of unsightly projecting. elements.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I. c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A moth-proof bag having its front composed of two members, the margin of one member having openings therethrough, and

the other memher having a pocket formed at' its margin, said pocket comprising an inner andan Outer flap between which the margin of the first mentioned member is received, and fastening devices carried by the flaps and engaged through the openings in said marginal portion and with the opposite flaps, whereby to secure the iaps and the marginal portion closely together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a my signature. 

